One day you’re ranking awesome in Google – the next day you’re not. POOF, those good rankings disappear and you don’t even rank for your domain name anymore. What the heck happened? There are many reasons this could happen, but now add in the fact that OTHER sites linking TO your site could cause Google…
Do you think it’s possible that ONE outbound link on your site could cause a SITEWIDE Google penalty? I never really thought so until I started following a situation that is being talked about a lot online. Let me fill you in… This conversation seemed to have all started with an open letter to Matt…
When one guest blogging service got singled out hit with a Google penalty recently (as well as the sites using the service), it has since been a BIG topic of discussion. Was it fair? Did Google use MyBlogGuest as an example to spread more fear in the community? Was it an over-use of power by…
Finding keywords that combine commercial intent with products that people are REALLY buying online is that ‘sweet spot’ for affiliate marketers. Keyword search volume is fun and all, but not nearly as fun as hitting the sweet spot between traffic volume – and traffic that actually buys things. Learning to find those profitable ‘buyer keywords’…
The topic of backlinks has been on my mind and apparently on the minds of many of my readers as well. I rarely go a day without getting at least one email asking me about backlink building, if backlinks are “dead”, what kind of backlinks are safe – which work, which will get your site…
I just spent an hour or so of my life over on a post at SearchEngineLand.com – mainly in the comments section. Barry Schwartz has an article summarizing what Matt Cutts explained in one of his videos about how Google determines a ‘paid link’. I have had more SEO-related entertainment on that one web page…
7 years ago today, my husband came home from work to find me staring at a totally white computer screen. He carefully asked me what I was doing to which I responded, “I’m making a website”. He then asked me why I was doing that – my answer was simple, “Because I am going to…
Since there’s been a good bit of an uproar over “reclaiming ” lens urls of locked Squidoo lenses, I thought I’d go ahead and make a post to clear up some misconceptions about it all. For a short background on all this (for those that are clueless about what’s been going on over at Squidoo.com)…